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glabro. — Herbula ramulis ad 3 cm. longis et circa 1 mm. crassis, dense 

 pilosulis. Foliorurn limbi in sicco membranacei ad 7 mm. longi et 

 ad 3 L mm. lati. Amenta coufertitiora in sicco rufescentia pedunculis 

 3 mm. longis, rhacbis glabra. Ovarium sessile." — Albemarle Isl. : 

 Iguana Cove, on trees and bushes, Snodgixtss & Heller, no. 130 (hb. 

 Gr. and hb. C. DC). Endemic. 



P. nov. sp. — Albemarle Isl. : mountain east of Tagus Cove, alt. 

 925 m., Snodgrass & Heller, no. 232 (hb. Gr.). Determined by Mr. 

 Casimir de Candolle. Endemic. 



P. sp. Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148. — Chatham Isl.: Baar. (Spec- 

 imen not in hb. Gr. but sent as unicate to hb. Clark Univ.). 



URTICACEAE. 



Fleurya, Gaud. 



F. aestuans, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 497 (1826): Anderss. (2), 

 58. F. aestuans, var. Uiberculata (poorly marked), Wedd. in DC. 

 Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 72 (1869); Rob. & Greenm. (1), 148. F. cordata, 

 Gaud. 1. c. 498, & Bot. Bonite, t. 83; Wedd. Arch. Mus. ix. 110; 

 Anderss. (2), 57. ? Urtica canadensis, Hook. f. (3), 182 ; Anderss. 

 (1), 160 ; not L. U. divaricata, Hook. f. (3), 181 ; Anderss. (1), 159 ; 

 not L. U. latifolia, & tuberculata, Anderss. (1), 159, & (2), 57, 58. 

 U. racemosa, Anderss. (2), 57. ? Laportea canadensis, Anderss. (2), 

 58, not Gaud. — Albemarle Isl. : Iguaua Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, 

 nos. 55 (hb. Gr.), 100 (hb. Gr.) ; southern portion, Baitr, no. 240 

 (hb. Gr.) ; Tagus Cove, tolerably common in shady places from the 

 beach to 300 m. alt., Snodgrass & Heller, no. 186 (hb. Gr.). Charles 

 Isl.: Darwin; Andersson (hb. Gr.). Chatham Isl.: Snodgrass & 

 Heller, no. 525 (hb. Gr.). James Isl. : Darwin, ace. to Anderss. 1. c. 

 under Laportea canadensis, but not mentioned by Hooker f. ; James 

 Bay, abundant in lava soil under bushes, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 375 

 (hb. Gr.). Narborough Isl.: southern portion, Snodgrass & Heller, 

 no. 339 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. trop. S. Am. 



Parietaria, L. 



P. debilis, G Forst. Fl. Ins. Aust. Prodr. 73 (1786). P. floridana, 

 Hook. f. (3), 182 (see Wedd. Arch. Mus. ix. 516); Anderss. (1), 160, 

 & (2), 58. — Charles Isl. : Darwin. James Isl. : Darwin. Further 

 distrib. trop. Am., Asia, Pacific Ids. 



